dansant

\dɑ̃.sɑ̃\

/\dɑ̃.sɑ̃\/ adj

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The verdict

“dansant” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #18,708. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#18,708
frequency rank, French
5,307
“D” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
7
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui danse.

Corpus desk

Index FR-dansant · dansant · French

dansant · rank #18,708 · 11 variants · 7 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #18,708
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,307
  • PHOTO-FINISH danseuses

Nearest frequency peer: danseuses (+1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « dansant »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « dansant » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

dansant vs disant
71% similar
dansant vs datant
71% similar
dansant vs donnant
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for dansant
PropertyValue
Headworddansant
LanguageFrench
Part of speechAdjective
IPA\dɑ̃.sɑ̃\
Letters7
Frequency rank#18,708
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs7
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « dansant »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).dansantse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « danseuses » (#18,709), « dell » (#18,710), « CSS » (#18,705). Parmi 5,307 lemmes en « D », « dansant » est au #18,708. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around dansant (IPA \dɑ̃.sɑ̃\), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #18,708 among 5,307 “D” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for dansant, with forms such as "adnsant", "danasnt", and "dannsant". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 7 confusable-pair relationships, "disant", "datant", "donnant", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is dansant, spelled D-A-N-S-A-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Qui danse.
  2. 2
    Qui est consacré à la danse.
  3. 3
    Très approprié pour faire danser.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how dansant appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Troupe agile et dansante.
  2. Une soirée, une matinée dansante.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • adnsant
  • danasnt
  • dannsant
  • dansannt
  • dansantt
  • dansatn
  • dansnat
  • danssant
  • dasnant
  • ddansant
  • dnasant

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of dansant - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

adnsant2danasnt2dannsant1dansannt1dansantt1dansatn2dansnat2danssant1
Edit distance from "dansant"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "dansant"?
"dansant" is spelled D-A-N-S-A-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \dɑ̃.sɑ̃\.
What does "dansant" mean?
As an adjective, "dansant" means: Qui danse.
What words are commonly confused with "dansant"?
"dansant" is commonly confused with "disant", "datant", "donnant". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "dansant"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "dansant" is \dɑ̃.sɑ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "dansant" come from?
"dansant" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "dansant", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list